Melonseed — Production in World
World: Melonseed — Production was 974,646 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Production in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 974,646 t for melonseed — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — production in World peaked at 1.02 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 257,910 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Production in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 257,910 t | — |
| 1962 | 265,019 t | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 284,644 t | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 285,508 t | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 299,384 t | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 273,236 t | -8.7% |
| 1967 | 285,029 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 292,156 t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 270,355 t | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 306,895 t | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 267,225 t | -12.9% |
| 1972 | 310,545 t | +16.2% |
| 1973 | 403,458 t | +29.9% |
| 1974 | 278,945 t | -30.9% |
| 1975 | 456,635 t | +63.7% |
| 1976 | 420,225 t | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 394,655 t | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 348,719 t | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 354,990 t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 356,651 t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 354,528 t | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 357,072 t | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 427,025 t | +19.6% |
| 1984 | 429,690 t | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 428,924 t | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 431,446 t | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 450,829 t | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 580,995 t | +28.9% |
| 1989 | 515,795 t | -11.2% |
| 1990 | 527,504 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 547,090 t | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 566,492 t | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 490,739 t | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 469,955 t | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 546,569 t | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 570,824 t | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 524,101 t | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 603,887 t | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 530,435 t | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 595,698 t | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 607,766 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 638,590 t | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 675,430 t | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 698,206 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 727,690 t | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 726,535 t | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 774,215 t | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 735,872 t | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 665,926 t | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 773,372 t | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 834,527 t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 881,952 t | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 871,545 t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 915,009 t | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 921,106 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 893,777 t | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 923,440 t | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.02 million t | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 965,515 t | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 967,154 t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 966,801 t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 973,050 t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 975,880 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 974,646 t | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Melonseed — Production in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +63.7% | 278,945 t | 456,635 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 279,249 t | 257,910 t | 299,384 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 354,229 t | 267,225 t | 456,635 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 433,296 t | 354,528 t | 580,995 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 537,760 t | 469,955 t | 603,887 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 684,593 t | 595,698 t | 774,215 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 899,616 t | 773,372 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 971,506 t | 966,801 t | 975,880 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Nigeria 582,595 t compare
- 2 Sudan 90,486 t compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 63,615 t compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 90,000 t compare
- 4 Sudan (former) 66,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is melonseed — production in World?
- Melonseed — production in World was 974,646 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — production recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest melonseed — production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 257,910 t in 1961.
- How does World rank for melonseed — production?
- World ranks 1st out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Melonseed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.